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HelpRe: Dakota.. Cultural Appropriation?
in reply to a message by Glitzy Cate
That other site should have added "... by some." Native Americans don't all think alike.
It was mentioned not long ago on this board that Dakota is also a long-established place name. I think that once an Indian name has that level of recognition as a place name it's pretty much in the public domain as a first name.
You will also find such names being used by Indians who are not of that particular group; my family is Cherokee and so were a lot of people in the area where I grew up, yet names like Cheyenne and Dakota got used there too, by people who were not Dakota and had no ties to the place.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
It was mentioned not long ago on this board that Dakota is also a long-established place name. I think that once an Indian name has that level of recognition as a place name it's pretty much in the public domain as a first name.
You will also find such names being used by Indians who are not of that particular group; my family is Cherokee and so were a lot of people in the area where I grew up, yet names like Cheyenne and Dakota got used there too, by people who were not Dakota and had no ties to the place.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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